Compare

Jeff Smith vs John McDonnell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,424 shared comparable votes.

1,389 same votes 35 different votes 1,424 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
126 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
126 Aye 65 No
62 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
62 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Benefits 85% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 15 No
Education 90% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 19 No
Energy 96% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API